'Cloud Atlas' star Tom Hanks: 'I'm bored of predictable movies'

Tom Hanks has explained why he signed for the fantasy epic Cloud Atlas.

The actor said that he was drawn to directors Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer's film because its story of multiple characters connected through time varies from most Hollywood fare.

"There are going to be people out there who are going to say, `Who do they think they are to make this movie like this?' That's been the case with every great film," Hanks told The AP. "They said the same thing about The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in the silent days."

Hanks also went into further detail about how he has become dissatisfied with most blockbuster movies.

"I think every audience is yearning to be surprised," he said. "I am bored when I walk into the theatre expecting A, B and C, and a movie delivers A, B and C.

"I want to see something brand new that I never anticipated coming a hundred million miles away. And my God, that happens before the words Cloud Atlas appear up on the screen on this one."

"It was a fun group - Tom Hanks, Halle Berry - they gave themselves over to the big ideas in the film," Sarandon commented. "I was so tickled they brought me over to do a bunch of little parts. It was insane in the best way possible."